Michael Parloff: Lecture on the Life and Music of Dmitri Shostakovich

[@gabbyr8215]

can we just all agree that this man's voice is very calming?

[@theguitardivision]

Yes but for god's sake get him some water! Smacking his lips between each sentence feels like he's licking the inside of my ear :/

[@MD-cn1nt]

@@theguitardivision It's maddeningly distracting.

[@markpaterson2053]

As a teen, I started listening to the orchestra through film scores, such as Goldsmith, Williams, etc; discovering Shostakovich, Prokofiev and the like revealed my true taste in music.

[@lotusbuds2000]

Me too

[@SuperCheeseBlock]

Wonderful and interesting lecture on Shostakovich. Very thought-provoking commentary/analysis on his music. I was intrigued by the plainly thematic connections between his symphonies and his art songs. Also enjoyed the video footage of Shostakovich.

[@leslieackerman4189]

Excelllent presentation. Not only its scope but the material and the quality of Mr Parloff's voice, inflexion and pronunciation.

[@blueberrypoptart2424]

This was fantastic.

[@yaschaeffer]

I’ve listened to these sublime lectures on the wonderful Shostakovich quartets, and also those he gave on the Beethoven Quartets more times than I could count….. Will there ever be a similar lecture series on the *other* series of must-hear 20th century String Quartets: the 6 quartets by Bartók? I feel it’s a glaring omission. 2 out of the 3 greatest sets of string quartets down, one to go…… (with Michael Parloff, of course!) Make it happen!

[@PhilipDaniel]

27:38 A texture like those of Ligeti ... or like Langgaard's "Music of the Spheres"

[@steveg8322]

That last quote was truly and simply profound as regards this great man.

[@mjc01]

Really great stuff. Thank you so much Michael Parloff for this lecture and to the Lincoln Center for making this available.

[@schkar8846]

Thank you, Sir!

[@evezhang2076]

I just finished listening to Russian history 1, & 2, very good lecture, learn so much of the Russian Novel land, the roots of the ballet etc...... thank you so much.

[@yousrikouedi400]

very informative lecture, I enjoyed it, thanks to Mr . Michael Parloff

[@leslieackerman4189]

Just fyi: There are better sounding recordings of this performance on KZbin. As I could perceive the conductor was the great Kirill Kondrashin.

[@marcelafraustosalas814]

Very interesting!!. Thanks very much for sharing!!!

[@miladeskandari7]

This is worth 5 or 6 books each having 500 pages. Fantastic lecture

[@praaht18]

marvelous lecture. thanks.

[@yiquanawalkb4run26]

Thank you for this wonderful lecture

[@emendez]

That "invasion theme" is truly magnificent

[@iamhere6893]

Time stamp?

[@aydenrodriguez5355]

I am Here 1:25:38

[@richardlitwin4046]

What a beautiful man - Parloff I mean. Tov lekha, gavri.

[@classicalperformances8777]

Another wonderful lectur3. The 1st sy almost didn't happen actually due to jealousy at the conservatorie. Enters:mama bear. And Glasunov

[@annakimborahpa]

Thank you, Michael Parloff, for taking on the mic to parley about Shosty.

[@renzo6490]

What impresses me is that Parloff is able to speak articulately…without notes

[@garrysmodsketches]

Yes! He learns his lectures by heart

[@renzo6490]

@@garrysmodsketches that, if true, might be even more impressive.

[@homeofcreation]

Wonderful lecture and that last quote can be extrapolated to many others. The term hero had been degraded to a meaningless label. The term consequential has luckily not yet.

[@srothbardt]

The recordings used here are fabulous. I’d like to know who the conductors are.

[@leslieackerman4189]

Very good presenter! Knew the subject extremely well

[@retf054ewte3]

I think one of the requirements to attend this lecture was being bald. 1:38:20

[@jackdomanski6758]

How does one spell this name in Latinized form? Mikhail Kuv...? 51:54

[@garrysmodsketches]

Quadri

[@srothbardt]

Very interesting. The “Nightingale and Jackass” poem was set by Mahler first. How early did Shostakovich know Mahler?

[@garrysmodsketches]

Fables of Ivan Krylov are extremely well known in Russian culture, so Mahler is probably unrelated in this case. As for your question, it is hard to imagine that Shostakovich was unaware of Mahler's music given that he was studying composition at the conservatory. However, his true understanding and love of Mahler's music couldn't have developed before 1921, when he met Sollertinsky. Sollertinsky was the man who, as Shostakovich said, taught him to love Mahler.

[@bencartlidge11]

1:19:03 he said "resisting Soviet aggression" instead of "resisting Nazi aggression".... Well, probably

[@jbiwer32]

1:27:37 Well.....i like Bela Bartok even less now.

[@NerdilyDone]

45:00 Y'know, as much as it was wrong for Stalin to threaten death for Shosty's work, that "Lady Macbeth" play is really gross. I don't understand the appeal.